…e, if he wanted to be helpful; things that are standard practice for those competent in communicating about palliative care. Comments on any of the essays reacting to Bill Peace’s article are encouraged, but you have to register – which is a free and relatively painless process. I’d like to add that the Hastings Center, like bioethics in general doesn’t “do” disability very often. Reactions to these articles from anyone – but especially folks in t…
…e and I have dealt with previously scheduled events that took us away from online NDY matters. Diane is at the INCIL Retreat today. In addition, I committed to do a presentation at the Fall Conference of the Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association. I’m leaving tomorrow and won’t be back until Saturday night. Here’s the blurb for my session, taken from the list of presenters on the NLDA site: STEPHEN DRAKE, Research Analyst, Policy Analyst and Org…
…and if we’re really kinder to animals than to humans when it comes to killing them. The audio is available at this link. (player should pop up) The transcript is available here. And please feel free to leave a supportive comment on the main page. Accessing the page and leaving comments in support of the NDY viewpoint will encourage the show to get disability representatives on this and other topics in the future. Link to the main page….
…9484943 [2] National POLST Paradigm Task Force http://www.polst.org/develop-a-program/program-requirements/# Level 3: Program Requirements for Endorsed POLST Paradigm Programs [3] New Jersey and Nevada. [4] CANHR Policy Brief, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (“POLST”), Problems and Recommendations http://www.canhr.org/reports/2010/POLST_WhitePaper.pdf [5] See, e.g., www.adapt.org. [6] Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of…
…a2.htm?s_cid=mm6936a2_w 4. Prejudice against disabled people: https://www.c-q-l.org/resources/articles/most-people-are-prejudiced-against-people-with-disabilities/ 5. Osteoarthritis stats: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920533/#:~:text=pain%20and%20disability.-,Osteoarthritis%20(OA)%20is%20the%20most%20common%20joint%20disorder%20in%20the,%25%20in%20women%20(2). 6. Disability, vulnerability, and assisted death: https://bmcmedethics….
